siria 's review for:

The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin

3.5

adventurous

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Alexander Pushkin's novella The Captain's Daughter is a brisk, breezy affair that reads like the 19th-century literary equivalent of a 1950s Boys' Own adventure story. The teenage protagonist—whose name I've already forgotten; it doesn't really matter, it's not that kind of book—begins his career as an army officer during the reign of Catherine the Great. He's sent to a remote posting where a rebellion threatens, and has to rescue both his honour and his commanding officer's beautiful daughter. It's an engaging and fast-paced read, albeit predictable and with a rote romance.